FYFFE, David [introcuction]. Westminster College Chapel Cambridge. The Gift of Sir W. J. Noble and Lady Noble. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Andrew Reid & Company, Limited, 1926.
4to. Original black crushed morocco, pp. 44, frontispiece and 11 colour-plates with tissue guards; near fine, printed on high quality laid paper; ibnitially a little foxed, otherwise very good.
First edition, privatly printed, inscribed to George Angus and with the donor's (Sir Noble) armorial engraved bookplate inside front cover. 'Douglas Strachan (1875-1950) was a Scottish artist who designed the stained glass windows in the chapel at Westminster College. Our chapel was commissioned by Sir William and Lady Black Noble in memory of their son William Black Noble, 2nd Lieutenant in the Northumberland Fusiliers, who died in World War One at Ypres in 1917. They asked Douglas Strachan to design the stained glass windows on the theme of the Benedicite - O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord - and Strachan's windows are full of strong, beautiful colour, and dynamic movement' (Douglas Strachan blog at westminster.cam.ac.uk/).
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